N. 0. AP0CYNACE.E. 783
application to wasp stings (Surgeon-Major P. N. Mukerji, in Watt's Dictionary).
752. V. pusilla Mutt, h.f.b.i., ill. 640. Syn. :— V. parvifiora, Retz. Roxb. 242.
Sans. : — Sangkhi ; Sangkhapuli.
Vern. : — Kapa-vila (Malay.).
Habitat : — Western Himalaya ; Garhwal, and Upper Gange- tic Plain ; common throughout the Deccan.
An erect, pale-green, annual herb, l-2ft. high, erect, glabrous, branched from the base. Stem and branches acutely 4-angled. Leaves 1J-2J by i-fin., lanceolate, acuminate, membranous, margins minutely scabrid, stipular, glands subulate. Petiole Jin., or less, slender. Flowers very small, subsessile, Jin. long, on short pedicels, white. Sepals filiform. Corolla-mouth narrow, hairy, throat glabrous, thickened. Follicles 2-3in., very slender, diverging, straight membranous. Seeds ^>in., linear-oblong, cylindric, rounded at both ends ; testa black, many-ribbed, ribs rough. Except for the Corolla this has all the appearance of a gentian.
Use : — A decoction of the dried plant, boiled in oil, is rubbed on the loins in cases of lumbago (Ainslie).
Dr. W. Burns, Economic Botanist, Agricultural College, Poona, has had cases of cattle-poisoning from this plant, re- ported to him. (K. R. K.).
753. PlumeTia acutifolia, PoiTet., h.f.b.i., hi. 641.
Syn. '• — P. acuminata, Roxb. 248.
Vern.: — Gulachin, goburchamp, golainchi, chameli (H.); Gorur champa (B.) ; Kat champa (Uriya); Gulanj baha (Santal.) ; Champa puugar (Gond.) ; Khair-champa, dolochapa, khad- champo, gulachin, chameli (Bomb.); Rhuruchapha ; Khair champa (Mar.) ; Rhadachampo (Guz.) ; Vada ganneru (Tel.) ; Kanagala ; Ganagalu ; Go Sampige. (Kan.).
Habitat : — Cultivated and naturalised in many parts of India.
